CHAPTER 50:01 CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTY

1 Copyright Government of BotswanaCHAPTER 50:01 CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTYARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSPART IGeneralSECTION 1. Short title 2. InterpretationPART IIAdministration, General Duties and Powers of Director and Officers, and Application of Act 3. Administration and duties of Director 4. Delegation of duties and powers of Director 5. Duties and powers of Permanent Secretary, Commerce and Industry 6. General duties and powers of officersPART IIII mportation, Exportation and Transit of Goods 7. Appointment of places of entry, authorized roads and routes, etc. 8. Report of arrival or departure of aircraft 9. Sealing of goods on board aircraft 10. When goods deemed to be imported 11. No landing or loading of goods without permission 12.

2 Goods imported or exported overland 13. Goods imported or exported by post 14. Persons entering or leaving Botswana 15. Opening of packages in absence of importer or exporter 16. State warehouse 17. Removal of goods in bond 18. Exportation of goods from CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehousePART IV CUSTOMS and EXCISE Warehouses: Storage and Manufacture of Goods in Warehouses 19. CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehouses 20. Goods in CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehouses 21. Special CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehouses 22. Samples of goods in a CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehouse 23. Storage or manufacture of prohibited goods 24. Aircraft stores consumed in Botswana 25. Sorting, packing, etc.

3 In CUSTOMS and EXCISE storage warehouses 26. Transfer of ownership or pledging or hypothecation of warehoused goods 27. Special provisions in respect of CUSTOMS and EXCISE manufacturing warehouses 28. Ascertaining quantity of spirits by measuring the mass or volume 29. Classification of spirits 30. Control of the use of spirits for certain purposes 31. Entry of spirits for use in manufacture 32. Ascertaining strength of spiritsCopyright Government of Botswana 33. Requirements in respect of stills 34. Special provisions regarding spirits manufactured by agricultural distillers 35. Special provisions regarding wine 36. Special provisions regarding cigarettes and cigarette tobacco 37. Specific provisions regarding beer 38.

4 Special provisions in respect of the manufacture of excisable goods and thecollection of EXCISE duty 39. Duties applicable to goods manufactured in a CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehouse 39A. Special provision in respect of marked goods, certain goods being free of dutyPART V Clearance and Origin of Goods: Liability for and Payment of Duties 40. Entry of goods and time of entry 41. Importer and exporter to produce documents and pay duties 42. Sale in transit 43. Validity of entries 44. Particulars on invoices 45. Disposal of goods on failure to make due entry 46. Liability for duty 47. Determination of duty applicable 48. Joint and several liability for duty or certain amounts 49. Origin of goods 50.

5 Preferential tariff treatment 51. Establishment of Fund 52. Payment of duty and rate of duty applicable 53. Prohibition of certain acts in respect of certain goods not duly entered 54. General amendment of Schedules 55. Amendment of Schedule No. 1 56. Minister may amend Schedules under certain circumstances 57. Agreement with other governments 58. Agreements with African territories 58A. Imposition of fuel levy by party to CUSTOMS union agreement 59. Discrimination by other countries 60. Special provisions regarding importation of cigarettesPART VI Anti-dumping, Countervailing and Safeguard Duties 61. General provisions regarding anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties 62.

6 Imposition of anti-dumping duties 63. Imposition of countervailing duties 64. Imposition of a safeguard duty 65. Provisional charges to anti-dumping dutiesPART VII Amendment of Duties 66. Time when new or increased duties become payable 67. Contract prices may be varied to extent of alteration in dutyPART VIII Licensing 68. Licence fees according to Schedule No. 8 Copyright Government of Botswana 69. CUSTOMS and EXCISE warehouse licences 70. Agricultural distillers 71. Stills to be licensed 72. Special warehouses for the manufacture of wine 73. Container depot licences 74. Clearing agent licencesPART IX Value 75. Value for CUSTOMS duty purposes 76.

7 Transaction value 77. Adjustments to price actually paid or payable 78. Value for EXCISE duty purposes 79. Value of certain specified goods 80. Value of goods exported 81. Conversion of prices expressed in foreign currency 82. Value of goods not liable to ad valorem duty 83. Interpretation of sections 75, 76 and 77 PART X Rebates, Refunds and Drawbacks of duty 84. Specific rebates, drawbacks and refunds of duty 85. General refunds in respect of imported goods or excisable goods 85A. Limitation on refund claims 85B. Set-off on refund against amount of tax owing 86. Recovery of certain amounts not duly payable 87. Set-off of certain amountsPART XI Penal Provisions 88.

8 Offences not expressly mentioned 89. Less serious offences and their punishment 90. Serious offences and their punishment 91. Non-declaration of goods 92. Prohibition with regard to stamps 93. Irregular export or carriage of munition 94. Irregular dealing with or in goods 95. False documents and declarations 96. Beer of higher density than indicated by label on container 97. Certain specified offences 97A. Publication of particulars of offenders 98. Goods irregularly dealt with liable to forfeiture 99. Seizure 100. Notice of claim by owner in respect of seized goods 101. Disposal of seized goods 102. Admission of guilt 103.

9 Payment and disposal of fines and penalties 104. Remission or mitigation of penalties and forfeiture 105. Recovery of penalties by process of law 106. Jurisdiction of courts 107. Period for bringing actionCopyright Government of BotswanaPART XII General 108. Approval of container operators 109. Container operator or pilot may appoint agent 110. Liability of principal for acts of agent 111. Liability of agent for obligations imposed on principal 111A. Registration with Director 112. Agent may be called upon to produce written authority 113. Business accounts, documents, etc. to be available for inspection 114. Sellers of goods to produce proof of payment of duty 115. Liability of company, partnership, etc.

10 116. Interest on outstanding amounts 117. Samples 118. Expenses of landing, examination, weighing, analysis, etc. 119. Control in respect of manufacturers of certain goods, etc. 120. Destruction of goods and detention of vehicles 121. Instruments and tables 122. Registration of imported motor vehicles 123. Wreck 124. Prohibitions and restrictions 125. duty constitutes a debt to the State 126. Entries, oaths, etc. made outside Botswana of full force and effect 127. Manufacture of excisable goods solely for use by the manufacturer thereof 128. Statistics 128A. Delegation of powers and assignment of duties 129. Substitution of Schedules 130.